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Manhandled Threads - Joe Madl's avatar

Jude…perhaps this place is not only for writers.

Perhaps it is for people who notice.

You noticed enough at nineteen to make Don’t be Fooled. You noticed enough now to bring it back into the room and ask what became of the times that were changing.

That seems like plenty.

Words are only one way of leaving evidence that we were paying attention.

And if you run out of the old ones, I am entirely in favor of making up new ones. ❤️

Jude Hill's avatar

well I think new ones will be fun.

Yvonne Moxon's avatar

It was nice to be able to read your words here, I am still subscribed to your emails but unable to read your posts now sadly , I love that sketch, you have such a wealth of characters in your creative spirit they make me smile, thank you 🙂

Jude Hill's avatar

there are 2 emails now, since I switched my cloth whispering site to teaching only. This is my open blog now. If you get one that asked for a password, and you are not interested in joining that part ( the forever zone) just scroll down and unsubscribe. You will only receive the open ones from now on.

MaryJo Fisher's avatar

It’s a good place for readers, and just looking, too. You are most welcome here, and appreciated.

Liz's avatar

I love to see what you're working on at the moment, with or without words. I skip a lot of posts here, lacking the energy to read properly. I never skip yours.

Jude Hill's avatar

I lack that energy too

Sue Facherty's avatar

It’s certainly time for senators and congressmen to heed the call. Battles rage and our rage in response seems futile.

Little by little might be peacemeal.

Jude Hill's avatar

Yeah, hate to be crude but WTF?

Sue Facherty's avatar

At least we give one!

India Flint's avatar

I think it’s a place for whatever you want to scribble or paint or stitch or just stick to the wall. Or even just a kind of notebook to revisit for yourself if you want. If folks swing by, well and good. If they don’t , same. 💙

Jude Hill's avatar

well hi!, and thank you for swinging by.

It'll be what it can be I suppose. I should talk more, I enjoy that feature.

India Flint's avatar

I think we’re both quite fortunate to have gathered communities of similarly minded folks around us over the years. My substack feels like a friendly village, and the comment section like chats over the garden fence in passing. Acknowledgment that we’re both still tending our flowers 😉

Jude Hill's avatar

Yes, there is a comfort after all these years. ☺️

Deborah Kelly's avatar

You are a marvelous artist! I agree, pictures are as good as words...keep it up...

Jude Hill's avatar

oh hey, thank you.

Nancy's avatar

Jude~ No need for a ton of words...a pic of 'whatever'...a sentence, a single word...it's all good & fine. Love how this drawing has lived on and into a new time. Yeah, I agree - what happened to those times a'changing? (((hugs)))

Jude Hill's avatar

images are rather timeless.

Pat's avatar

Good after noon Jude,

Just seeing your message in my e-mailbox seems to lift my spirits. It let me know you're still kicking down the road. Blessings to you.

Pictures are similar to words. They can tell a feeling or thought.

Hugs from Pat in Ohio

Jude Hill's avatar

Pictures always seemed ( to me) to give others the freedom to wander off into their own thoughts.

sharon's avatar

just wondering... how's loosey?

Jude Hill's avatar

she comes and goes, but she is fine. A wanderer.

Beverly Spencer's avatar

you can always tell story with photos

Jude Hill's avatar

yeah, it's funny, I wandered in the forest so long with out my phone, I even lost the photo habit for a while.

Jillayne Wickware's avatar

No expectations on my end, I enjoy what you choose to send out. I use Substack for my blog and I'm not a writer, just a maker who likes a few words to go with the images, I do like the firewall from AI Substack apparently provides and the ease of email delivery for those who want it

Jude Hill's avatar

I like a lot of things about it , I need to give it some time to feel like home.

Peggy Dlugos's avatar

Looks remarkably like he who will not be named. Very fitting that it rising to the surface now. Maybe add a little orange to the skin tone.🤣

Jude Hill's avatar

Funny how it surfaced and I said, oh!

Janice Pezzoli's avatar

Snapshots, drawings, story cloths, small & big thoughts, what ifs?, sentences, paragraphs or books filled with any or all of them are all welcomed and needed in these times. Many thanks for your online presence.

Jude Hill's avatar

Let's keep going.

Janet Wright's avatar

Connection--connection--connection--that is what you give us. You don't need to apologize for anything. You are loved--just as you are

Jude Hill's avatar

well, swell, that is all I can be, trying to be more of just me.

MARJEE F ZEIER's avatar

This is your only page I can read. I'm locked out of the other one.

Jude Hill's avatar

This is my blog now, the other one has become the ForeverZone, the teaching stuff. it was easier to separate them.